I've tried to avoid getting into another "mini-mogul" battle this year, but it seems I've been dragged into it again.
Today Jimmy Wales took it to me on the Wikia mailing list calling me a spammer and I responded. Although Mahalo and Wikia are doing different things in search (we're human search and they are doing open source search software)--and ironically will be partners on open source software--I fear the next three years will be "Mahalo v. Wikia" in the eyes of the press/public.
Ugh.
You can watch the drama on the Wikia list.... at the very least it will be entertaining: the monk from Florida vs. the kid from Brooklyn.
Seriously, I've got great respect for Jimmy and his work as co-founder of Wikipedia.... I'm looking forward to "evolving" the search space together.
Looks like Wales v. Calacanis is... ON!!! (sort of)
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Reader Comments
(Page 1 of 1)2. well, if a well-known person calls you a spammer and prints misinformation about your project you really don't have a choice but to respond. So, I guess you could ignore, but people will think you don't object if you don't engage.
thus the term baiting i guess.
3. Maybe you could debate Jimmy at the next SXSW, or if he doesn't make it you could use a purple bunny to represent him.
(Those were the days!)
Posted at 12:27AM on Jul 5th 2007 by Michael Moncur
4. Jason
I was all excited about the story and then I read Jimbos comment: I think he was referring to you spamming the Wikia email list (note, I have no idea if this is true of otherwise) as opposed to having a direct issue with Mahalo. Maybe a fight another day :-)
5. My first thought: WTF, I love Mahalo! Then I read the article and saw it was Jimmy Wales...
Posted at 3:14PM on Jul 5th 2007 by Michael Wales
7. Very nice, thanks for info
Posted at 5:54PM on Jul 5th 2007 by NetSerg
1. One question, Jason: Is it drama if only one side makes it drama?
Posted at 6:49PM on Jul 4th 2007 by Joost Schuur